The reservoir is at 2.5 percent of its capacity of 200,000 acre feet. Water from the BigWoodRiver is now being diverted upstream to water users in the Bellevue Triangle. Officials say the snowpack for the BigWoodRiver drainage was only about 68 percent of normal.

Pendleton said crop losses will likely be in the millions of dollars. Most growers were anticipating a short water year and avoided crops that bring in more money but require more water such as potatoes, sugar beets and corn.